shell
殼 is a 12 stroke, traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as ké in the second tone, however it can also be pronounced as qiào.
In simplified Chinese the character 壳 is used.
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Pronunciation
We found 2 pronunciations for 殼
Definitions for 殼 pronounced as ké
Definitions for 殼 pronounced as qiào
- shell
- carapace
- crust (earth's crust etc)
- also pr. [ke2]
Vocabulary
The most common words for 殼 — see all
- envelope
- outer shell
- hull
- cover
- case
- skull
- (fig.) brain (mental capacity)
- shell
- conch
- cowry
- mother of pearl
- hard outer skin
- also pr. [bei4 qiao4]